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In the small hours of yesterday morning the residents of the waterside suburbs, and particularly those of Watson's Bay, were roughly disturbed by the thundering of guns from the forts…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A three-noomed cottage, the residence of Mrs. M'Namara, was burned to the ground to-day. The wind blew some sparks from a fire outside into a bedroom, and in a few minutes…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →On Sunday morning a shop and dwelling occupied by a Chinese named Tommy Long caught fire and resulted in a shocking fatality. Mrs. Long and seven children were sleeping…
Continued on Trove, page 845 →Yesterday afternoon spoke was seen issuing from the roof of the [?] Mrs. E. Sivi[?]r, 75 Victoria-street, Darlinghust. The [?] was sent to the Fire Brigade, and detachment of men from several stations were sent…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Some remarkable tests were made recently at Berlin with a fire-extinguishing preparation, consisting of a mixture of water and chemicals, the invention of a Munich engineer named…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →At about half-pest 5 last evening a fire broke out at the rope works of Messrs. A Forsyth and Company, Limited, in Bourke-street, Waterloo. The outbreak occurred in the main…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Just before noon to-day the M.F.B. was informed or an outbreak of fire at Parliament House, Macquarie-street. Knowing well the inflammable nature of he old structure, the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →About 11 o'clock last night the Rockdale brigade was called to a fire on the premises of Thomas Scott, photographer, Rocky Point-road. The outbreak was confined to a back bedroom…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Cornstalk Hotel, at Roma, was burned down early this morning. The brigade did excellent work in preventing the fire extending to the Post-office building, from which all…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →As the men employed at Messrs. A. Forsyth and Co.'s ropeworks, in Bourke-street, Waterloo, were leaving the factory about 5.30 p.m. yesterday a fire was discovered in the main…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →WENTWORTH, Thursday.--A fire occurred last night, at the residence of Mr. Geo. Seward, the building and contents being completely destroyed. The family had a narrow escape, and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Tho position of manager of the State Fire Insurance Department has been offered to Mr.J.W. Brindley, of Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Take a quart of tar and three pounds of resin. melt them bring to a cooling temperature, mix with us much coarso sawdust, with a little charcoal added, as…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Some considerable amount of alarm was occasioned at noon to-day, when the Fire Brigade centred its full city force on Parliament House buildings in Macquarie-street…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →As the men employed at Messrs. A. Forsyth and Co.'s ropeworks, in Bourke-strcet, Waterloo, were leaving the factory at about 5.30 yesterday afternoon, a fire was discovered in the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A fire has occurred on the farm of Mr. Thomas, distant two miles from Forbes, and leased by Mr. G. Allison. The shed, which was Insured, was stocked with hay, and also…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →A call was received by the Metropolitan Fire Brigado about noon yesterday to an outbreak of fire at Parliament House, Macquarle-street. Knowing the inflammable nature of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire ! Fire ! Fire ! A whole street ablaze with it, the heavens lit with it, the air scorching with it, bodies of men and women and children m[?]med, scarred, destroyed with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Last night, the root of the tallow store of Upton and Co.'s Soap and Candle Works, at Beaconsfield-street, Alexandria, was discovered to be on fire. The alarm was sent to the nearest…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →LONDON, February 27.—"Black Saturday" for Paris it was, indeed; for, whilst the Bourse was in the throes of a financial crisis, a fire broke out at a celluloid factory on the Boulevard…
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